2017 Media Award winners

Former News Ltd journalist Samela Harris has been recognised for her pioneering work in the South Australian media at the 27th annual Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide Media Citations.

The winner of the 2017 Mary MacKillop Award for an outstanding contribution to journalism, Harris was acknowledged for continuing the work of her late father Max Harris who championed the cause of Mary MacKillop as “a saint for all Australians”.

Harris has been assisting the Sisters of St Joseph in raising funds for a new Mary MacKillop Museum at Kensington.